In tweets and statements, Senate Republicans have emphatically distanced themselves from President Trump’s morally bankrupt response to the violent white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville. When Trump blamed “both sides” and said that “many fine people” were among the torch-bearing neo Nazis, the bipartisan rebuke was swift.

Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Christian Picciolini, Founder of Life After Hate, and Elle Reeve, VICE News joined Face the Nation to discuss the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville and the President’s unacceptable response as well as why white supremacist groups feel so emboldened now, how big a threat are they, and what should happen to Confederate statues.

There's Never Been "Many Sides" to American Racial Terror

President Trump’s assertion that “both sides” are responsible for the racial hatred and violence in Charlottesville is false. The white supremacists that gathered on Saturday proudly flaunted their arsenal of automatic weapons and shields. They relied not only on their weapons, but also on Nazi and Confederate imagery to try to intimidate counter-protestors.